Erik Strobl
@erikstrobl.bsky.social
Organizing Director, SEIU 668. A terror since the public school era
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I find this pretty striking - we're not even offered the standard "here's why Mamdani's victory is actually trouble for the left" kind of gymnastics, the strategy really seems to be to hope no one notices
it is wild that Labour is doing exactly what the reactionary centrists recommend and is absolutely destroying its base of support as a result, and yet reactionary centrists in the US are just utterly silent about the complete failure of their program.
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I find this pretty striking - we're not even offered the standard "here's why Mamdani's victory is actually trouble for the left" kind of gymnastics, the strategy really seems to be to hope no one notices
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the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
the Democratic Party should have 2 major goals for the next time it holds power: (1) completely rebuild the destroyed federal government capacity, and (2) crush the GOP, which enabled so much corruption and immiseration. destroy their funding, jail their leaders, make it so a new party has to emerge
that’s why @wussymusic.bsky.social improved it
"Teenage Wasteland" is maybe the best two-word phrase in rock history and frickin Pete Townshend had to name the song "Baba O'Riley"
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
that’s why @wussymusic.bsky.social improved it
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The president is implicated in the crimes of his friend, the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican Party is protecting him
Nancy Mace is expected to pull her support for the petition to release the Epstein Files, the day before Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The president is implicated in the crimes of his friend, the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and the Republican Party is protecting him
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The Third Circuit ruled in favor of @pghguild.com and said the Post-Gazette bargained in bad faith by offering contracts that took away key reasons for being in the union. The union is declaring victory after 3 years on strike, as the court ordered the paper to roll back changes it made in 2020.
3rd Circ. Rules Post-Gazette Bargained In Bad Faith - Law360
The Third Circuit on Monday affirmed that the publisher of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette had been bargaining with its unions in bad faith and should not have unilaterally imposed a new contract on newsr...
www.law360.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Third Circuit ruled in favor of @pghguild.com and said the Post-Gazette bargained in bad faith by offering contracts that took away key reasons for being in the union. The union is declaring victory after 3 years on strike, as the court ordered the paper to roll back changes it made in 2020.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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A serious answer to this question would involve nothing short of social revolution and wholesale reorganization of American society so we just laugh uneasily and pretend they’re serious people with a normal moral compass
As a Brit. Can anyone explain to me why every Sunday thr Republicans are given air time to spew bullshit live on TV without any push back?
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A serious answer to this question would involve nothing short of social revolution and wholesale reorganization of American society so we just laugh uneasily and pretend they’re serious people with a normal moral compass
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In the eyes of the establishment, there’s literally nothing Mamdani can do to prove he’s not an antisemite, and literally nothing the openly fascist trump regime can do to prove they are, up to and including intentionally dressing like literal, historical Nazis
November 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In the eyes of the establishment, there’s literally nothing Mamdani can do to prove he’s not an antisemite, and literally nothing the openly fascist trump regime can do to prove they are, up to and including intentionally dressing like literal, historical Nazis
“London Dungeon” is the scariest Misfits song because it’s about being stuck in Britain for an undetermined length of time
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“London Dungeon” is the scariest Misfits song because it’s about being stuck in Britain for an undetermined length of time
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"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity." - CLR James, "The Black Jacobins"
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SEIU 668 President Steve Catanese has an eye patch.
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
SEIU 668 President Steve Catanese has an eye patch.
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a while ago @annakornbluh.bsky.social asked what living philosophers were from & educated in the Midwest & that got me thinking about how unis like DePaul, NWern, Loyola, Purdue, Miami, SIU-Carbondale, Marquette have long histories of grad programs emphasizing pluralist 'minor' traditions.
October 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
a while ago @annakornbluh.bsky.social asked what living philosophers were from & educated in the Midwest & that got me thinking about how unis like DePaul, NWern, Loyola, Purdue, Miami, SIU-Carbondale, Marquette have long histories of grad programs emphasizing pluralist 'minor' traditions.
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Remember Pennsylvanians to vote YES to retain our three state supreme court justices
Don't forget down ballot and retain Dubow and Wojick on the other courts as well
Don't forget down ballot and retain Dubow and Wojick on the other courts as well
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember Pennsylvanians to vote YES to retain our three state supreme court justices
Don't forget down ballot and retain Dubow and Wojick on the other courts as well
Don't forget down ballot and retain Dubow and Wojick on the other courts as well
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trump: [video of porn star blasting milk enema on his face]
news: trump responds to no kings rally with proposal for irrigation reform
news: trump responds to no kings rally with proposal for irrigation reform
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
trump: [video of porn star blasting milk enema on his face]
news: trump responds to no kings rally with proposal for irrigation reform
news: trump responds to no kings rally with proposal for irrigation reform
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"i dont want to eat a kebab, i want fish and chips" well sorry little buddy but we're at the kebab shop and you're twelve
October 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"i dont want to eat a kebab, i want fish and chips" well sorry little buddy but we're at the kebab shop and you're twelve
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Horror is as Pennsylvanian as scrapple.
From the Gothic fiction of authors like Charles Brockden Brown and Edgar Allan Poe, to the creature features of George A. Romero and mindbenders of M. Night Shyamalan, the commonwealth has long been a hub for the genre.
From the Gothic fiction of authors like Charles Brockden Brown and Edgar Allan Poe, to the creature features of George A. Romero and mindbenders of M. Night Shyamalan, the commonwealth has long been a hub for the genre.
What do Mr. Rogers and George A. Romero have in common? The answer might shock you.
The University of Pittsburgh's new Horror Studies Center is home to a global research network dedicated to the genre, which has deep Pennsylvania ties.
www.spotlightpa.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Horror is as Pennsylvanian as scrapple.
From the Gothic fiction of authors like Charles Brockden Brown and Edgar Allan Poe, to the creature features of George A. Romero and mindbenders of M. Night Shyamalan, the commonwealth has long been a hub for the genre.
From the Gothic fiction of authors like Charles Brockden Brown and Edgar Allan Poe, to the creature features of George A. Romero and mindbenders of M. Night Shyamalan, the commonwealth has long been a hub for the genre.
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The #PAbudget stalemate in Harrisburg is a crisis. I spoke with @citycastphilly.bsky.social about how Senate Republicans forced our commonwealth to a halt and what everyday people can do to help build the political pressure necessary to break this impasse.
philly.citycast.fm/local-civics...
philly.citycast.fm/local-civics...
Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval on State Budget Impasse and His Undying Optimism - City Cast Philly
The state has gone more than 100 days without a budget. While Saval supports his fellow Democrats’ spending plan, he says Republicans haven’t offered serious proposals.
philly.citycast.fm
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The #PAbudget stalemate in Harrisburg is a crisis. I spoke with @citycastphilly.bsky.social about how Senate Republicans forced our commonwealth to a halt and what everyday people can do to help build the political pressure necessary to break this impasse.
philly.citycast.fm/local-civics...
philly.citycast.fm/local-civics...
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Commonwealth Partners, who created the misleading gerrymandering mailer, continue to lean into the "convince liberals to vote against retention" messaging per this mailer shared with me over the weekend.
October 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Commonwealth Partners, who created the misleading gerrymandering mailer, continue to lean into the "convince liberals to vote against retention" messaging per this mailer shared with me over the weekend.
long overdue 🙏
#booksky for #literaryfiction #NobelPrize #bookawards 📚💙
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The Guardian:
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
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The Guardian:
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
October 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
long overdue 🙏
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I bet security personnel hired by publications, networks and individual journalists aren't spending an equal amount of time on left and right wing threats. I wonder if those outlets would feel safer if they had to order their security contractors to do so. For balance.
October 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I bet security personnel hired by publications, networks and individual journalists aren't spending an equal amount of time on left and right wing threats. I wonder if those outlets would feel safer if they had to order their security contractors to do so. For balance.
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You know things are bad when there's mainstream news stories about the U.S. Navy having decades of reports of UFOs coming from underwater and no one cares.
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You know things are bad when there's mainstream news stories about the U.S. Navy having decades of reports of UFOs coming from underwater and no one cares.
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HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/t...
October 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
HELU's International Campus Worker Protections (ICWP) Campaign is organizing to pressure our institutions to stand up for international workers. Read more about this campaign in a recent piece by organizer Bobby Huggins higheredlaborunited.org/2025/09/22/t...